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Here you see the Amundsen Scott Research Station at 8:30 am on Christmas morning. We don't have to worry about getting up in the dark for an early race. The sun rose in September and hasn't set since.
Inside the station, people are getting ready for the Race Around the World which will start at 9am. With our posit...

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This panorama was taken inside the USAP's Antarctic Center in Christchurch New Zealand. Southbound researchers and support personel are outfitted with appropriate clothing for their jobs and for the environment in which they will work.
Here is a selection of standard issue and special request garments for people de...

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Amundsen Scott Station is a cold, isolated community of scientists and support personel at the bottom of the world, the South Pole.
This is a peculiar place. Anywhere you look, you really are looking north. The station has an alpha entrance on one end and a zulu entrance on the other end. Both of them are, in reali...

Here is a small pano of the opening ceremony on friday. You can see the Governor of Texas in the light brown suit behind the podium. I have a larger 360 shot of this same area from earlier in the day I am uploading tonight.

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Here we are very near to the North Pole, having a party on the drifting ice . The passengers and crew were in a festive mood despite our awakening for the arrival at the Pole in the middle of last night. The sky was clear with a brilliant sun warming us as we ventured off the ship. You might see some people dressed in ...

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The North Pole. I suppose that the best way to think of the North Pole is to consider a single point on the sea bed under the Arctic Ocean where all the Earth's lines of longitude converge. It is the one point in the Northern Hemisphere around which our planet turns, and its position now is marked by a titanium flag th...